Collecting coins has been a very interesting hobby for a long time, and some rare coins sell for very large amounts. Among the most popular treasures at American numismatics are some dimes and the Bicentennial quarter. Let’s look at five rare dimes and the special Bicentennial quarter that has everyone buzzing, from collector and investor … Read more
The rarest American coins are irresistibly attractive by virtue of their history,1976 Bicentennial Quarter extreme scarcity, and the stories contained within them. Indeed, the premise that a coin worth hundreds of millions of dollars is pure fiction is but the tip of a iceberg in numismatics, which is full of amazing feats like extraordinary minting … Read more
A coin can be said to have some hidden value ranging for years, even though it is an almost daily currency. A recent incident underlines that: an utterly unremarkable U.S. penny much over $3,000 at auction. But what upgrades a generally trivial coin into a high-demand collectible? Much of this is rooted in numismatics, the … Read more
From 1909 to 1958, the Lincoln Wheat Penny attracted a respectable following among the coin-collecting crowd, so the latest buzz that a Lincoln Wheat Penny is still in circulation and is supposedly worth $3 billion would not be surprising. This article intends to trace the origin of this claim, the most valuable types of Lincoln … Read more